Theodore f



(No Model.)

T. F. W. SCHMIDT.

EGG CASE.

Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

UNi-TEE STATES THEODORE F. w. SCHMIDT, OF DAYTON, oHIo, AssIeNoR OF ONE-HALF TO THE DAYTON PAPER NOVELTY COMPANY, or SAME PL'AOE.

EGG-GAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,899, dated April 24, 1894.

I Application filed December 18,1893- Serlal No. 493,911- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE F. W. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the countyof Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a paper box in which eggs may be packed and shipped Without danger of breakage, the various features of which are fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings makinga part of this specification,in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the exterior of the box. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the compartment portion of the box. Fig. 3 is a blank for the box shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is the blank of the longitudinal compartment strips. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the cross compartment strips.

In Fig. 3 A represents the blank from which the box is formed. The blank A is provided with four oppositely projecting flaps a, a, d, k, the flaps a, a, being narrower at their juncture with the central portion of the blank A than at their outer edges, as shown in Fig. 3, said flaps gradually increasing in width from their inner to their outer edges, in order to form a tapering box when the blank is folded. The flaps a, a, are each provided about midway their lengths with slots 1), which are inclined downward and toward each other, and are preferably of the form of a compound curve, as shown. The said flaps near their outer edges are scored, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, to form laps that are inturned over the top edges of the completed box. The front and rear flaps d and k at their inner corners where they join the central portion of the bank A are provided with upwardly projecting, curved and hooked locking tongues c which are diagonally scored and when the blank is folded up, pass up through the slots b, in the flaps a, and lock the said front, end and rear flaps together. By curving the tongues c upward, as shown, the pressure upon the inside of the box against the sides and bottom tends to draw the tongues into the slots, thereby making the boxstronger than if the tongues projected downward and the slots 1) were reversed in their angle of inclination, which latter construction would tend to draw the tongues out of the slots under pressure from the inside of the box.

e represents hooks on the upper edge of the top flap d, and 72. represents slots in the opposite top flap It; these hooks e and slots It may be" of any appropriate form of lock.

0 represents the longitudinal strips of the compartment section B; the section B is shown as having twelve compartments. tudinal strip 0 is provided with a series of slots 0, into these are locked the cross strips E; these strips are provided with notches i, and scored lines m, forming sections nat each end thereof, which are bent over upon the central section of the strip E, and are inserted into the slots 0 of the strip 0, and then they are bent back in the position shown in Fig. 2, to form the compartments. The middle section of the strip E is not bent and therefore retains its strength and rigidity to support the longitudinal strips 0, while the sides of the box A support the end sections of the strips 0 and E, said strips being downwardly beveled, as more clearly shown in Figs/Land 5, to cause the section B to snugly fit the box,

The section B is inserted into the box A, the eggs are packed in the compartments and the flaps d and 7c are locked together.

The longi- These boxes are especially adapted for delivering eggs, anda series of such boxes may be packed in a shipping case and shipped without danger of breakage.

The box A is shown of taper form for two purposes: first, it allows the boxes to be nested when shipped from the manufacturer to the dealer; the compartment section B folded down flat and shipped with the blank shown in Fig. 3, occupying but little space; second, by making the boxes of taper form they may be packed in boxes at greater advantage as the top edges of the boxes will rest against each other, leaving a space between the bottoms, forming an elastic holding support for the boxes; and the eggs are shipped much more safely than when the boxes are made with the sides wholly upright and abutting each other their entire length.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A compartment section for egg packing cases, consisting of longitudinal paper strips 0 provided with equidistant vertical slots 0 extending substantially one quarter the width of said strips upon both sides of the longitudinal center thereof, and cross stripsB provided upon the top and bottom edges with equidistant slits Q1 of substantially one quarter the width of said strips, the latter being scored in parallel lines from the base of said notches to the ends of the strips, all of said [0 strips being of the same Width and interlocked, substantially as shown and described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

THEODORE F. W. SCHMIDT. lVitnesses;

JOHN L. H. FRANK, GEO. W. FRANK. 

